Automobile tool



Get. 29, 1935. A. SCHWEDLAND AUTOMOBILE TOOL Filed May 2, 1935 A .-sC'hWedZQnd Attorney Patented Oct. 29, 1935 AUTOMOBILE 'rooL Alfred Schwedland, Des Moines, Iowa Application May 2, 1935, Serial No. 19,519

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in tools for use particularly by'automobile mechanics and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter. set

forth, a device embodying a novel construction,

combination and arrangement of parts through the medium of which the usual inner door handles and the window regulating handles of automobiles may be expeditiously removed and replacedby a single operator.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a tool of the aforementioned character which may be conveniently adjusted to accommodate different makes of automobiles.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a tool of the character described which will be simple in construction, strong, durable, highly eflicient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:--

Figure 1 .is a view principally in side elevation of a tool constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing said tool in position to remove a window regulating handle.

- Figure 2 is a cross sectional view through the invention.

Figure 3 is a detail view in end elevation of the presser member.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a substan tially U-shaped presser member which is designated generally by the reference numeral I, said member I including complemental arms 2 on the free end portions of which a segment 3 is provided. It will thus be seen that the member I is entirely open on one side. The segment 3 is covered with felt or other suitable material to prevent damaging the automobile when the tool is in use.

The presser member I is swivellymounted on a substantially rectangular guide 4 through the medium of a rivet 5 which extends through the bight portion of said member I. Mounted for sliding adjustment in the guide 4 is a lever B which terminates, at one end, in a hook I provided with a suitable protective covering 8. The lever 6 has formed therein a series of notches or III of the rivet 5. In addition to retaining the lever 6 in adjusted position against slipping, the head III of the rivet 5 serves as a fulcrum for said lever. A leaf spring I l is secured, at an intermediate point in the guide 4, as at I2, and the end 5 portions of said spring are engaged with the lever B for yieldingly urging said lever into engagement with the rivet head Ill.

- In Figure 1 of the drawing, the reference numeral I3 designates generally a portion of an au- 10 tomobile door, said door, as usual, including the outer metallic sheet or plate i 4 and an inner plate I5, said plates l4 and I5 providing the usual well I6 for the reception of the glass. The door further includes an inner panel I1. The reference 5 numeral l8 designates the usual shaft through a the medium of which the window is raised or lowered, said shaft having fixed thereon, through the medium of a pin I9, a handle 20. A substantially bell-shaped washer or collar 2! conceals the 20 shaft I8 and the pin I9 between the handle 20 and the upholstery panel II. A coil spring 22 encircles the shaft l8 in the door I3 and yieldingly urges the upholstery panel I I outwardly for retaining the collar 25 in position over the pin 25 I9. It will thus be seen that in order to remove the handle 20 the collar 2| must be forced inwardly against the tension of the spring 22 to expose and permit access to be had to the pin I9, also,.when the handle 20 is being mounted on the shaft I8, the collar 20 must be ,forced toward the door I3 sumciently to permit insertion of the securing element l9.

In the use of the present invention, the hook I of the lever 6 isengaged in the well I 6 of the door I3 and the member I is adjusted to the desired position on said lever 8. The ring 3 of the memher I is then engaged with the collar 2 I, the arms 2 of said member I straddling the handle 20. Then, by simply swinging the lower end portion I of the lever 6 toward the door it will be seen that the collar 2I will be shifted in a manner to expose the pin .I9. The swivel mounting of the member I on the guide 4 facilitates the engagement of said member I with the collari ZI.

It is believed that the many advantages of a I tool constructed in accordance with the present recesses 9 for the reception of the adjacent head 'a preferred embodiment of the invention is as il- 1 the invention as claimed.

invention will be readily understood, and although lustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of What is claimed let- '1. A tool of the class described comprising a lever, .a hook on one end of said lever engageable with a support, a guide mounted for sliding adjustment on the lever, and a. presser member swivelly mounted on the guide, said presser member including a pair of spaced arms and a segment mounted on the free end portions of said arms and engageable with the work.

2. A tool of the class described comprising a. lever, a. hook on one end of said lever engageable with a support, a guide mountedxfor sliding adjustment; on the lever, said lever having a plurality of recesses therein, a presser member operatively engageable with the work, an element swivelly securing the presser member on the guide, said element including a head engageable selectively in the recesses, and resilient means mounted in the guide and engaged with the lever for yieldingly urging said lever into engagement with the head.

ALFRED SCHWEDLAND. 

